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Essential Composting Toilets: A Guide to Options, Design, Installation, and Use
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Series: Sustainable Building Essentials, Book 10
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ISBN13: 9780865718722
Publisher: New Society Publishers
Published: Nov 27 2018
Pages: 192
Weight: 1.40
Height: 0.60 Width: 8.50 Depth: 10.90
Language: English
Transform Waste into a Resource with Safe, Efficient Composting Toilets
Part of the Sustainable Building Essentials series, Essential Composting Toilets is the practical guide to designing, installing, and operating water-saving, environmentally friendly toilet systems. Learn how to turn human waste into compost while improving hygiene, reducing water use, and increasing resilience in homes or small buildings.What You'll Learn
- Water Conservation and Cost Savings: Minimize water use and reduce reliance on septic systems or municipal sewage.
- Resource Recovery: Safely compost waste into usable soil amendments while maintaining health and safety standards.
- System Selection Made Simple: Compare composting toilet types, ventilation strategies, urine separation, and new build versus retrofit applications.
- Design, Installation, and Operation: Step-by-step guidance, drawings, and photos make planning and building your system clear and achievable.
- Professional Yet Accessible: Ideal for DIYers, homeowners, designers, consultants, and water conservation advocates.
Written by Gord and Ann Baird, award-winning permaculture designers and sustainable building experts, this guide blends research, regulation compliance, and hands-on experience to make composting toilets a viable option for any home, whether urban or rural.
Explore the full Sustainable Building Essentials series for illustrated, step-by-step guidance on natural and sustainable building systems, high-performance homes, and environmentally responsible construction.
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